- British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization
The literary world was shocked when in 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson announced his intention to settle in Samoa. His readers were equally shocked when he used his new environment to produce critical treatments of imperialism. This volume presents a selection of his Pacific fiction.
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- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Roslyn Jolly
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 289
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780199536085
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